Author: F0

As the title says, it was revealed that the Wii U GamePad’s recently added analog sticks are, in fact, clickable. Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers will probably like this.

Iwata just announced that the Wii U controller’s official name is the Wii U GamePad. It’s a throwback to the original NES’s controller, which was called the NES GamePad.

Satoru Iwata just announced on Nintendo Direct that they will focus primarily on Wii  U software during E3, so he is taking the time to explain the hardware on the stream right now.

If you’re looking for a place to watch Nintendo Direct (which starts in just a few minutes!), I’ve embedded the live stream just after the break.

There won’t be any new information on specific Wii U games in today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, as Nintendo announced on their Facebook page. Shame, but it just makes the wait for E3 that much more exciting!

That mysterious phone call that went out over the weekend turned out to be a viral marketing stunt not for the Wii U itself, but for a game coming to it known only as Medium. Medium is developed by Bloober Team, a Polish studio, and the game is coming to the Wii U as well as […]

Nintendo sent out an email to let the world (or in this case, their Club Nintendo members) know that Iwata will reveal brand new, pre-E3 Wii U news at 3:00 PM PDT today (to see what time that is in your timezone, click here). The announcement will be broadcast in the form of a Nintendo […]

Nintendo have been busy phoning journalists this weekend, giving them a brief message in what seems to be a viral marketing stunt designed to get the masses talking about the Wii U. The brief voice message says: Have you heard about Wii U? If not… you will. Not much I can really say about this, […]

Spike’s Geoff Keighley revealed that the Wii U is going to come out and launch with a Mario game on Day 1. Refusing to reveal anything else, this leaves a ton of possibilities up in the air – will it be another epic 3D adventure? Or perhaps a laid-back sports game? Maybe an early coming […]

An anonymous developer revealed that the Wii U features a console-wide achievement system. This system is said to have a “Nintendo-spin” on it that “tracks gamer-time, scores and more.” As with all stories sourced from anonymous developers refusing to name themselves, take it with a healthy dose of salt. Nintendo have not exactly had the […]